diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8ec6bb7..8a7a946 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -93,6 +93,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "yaml-rust",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "const_format"
+version = "0.2.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4556f63e28a78fa5e6f310cfea5647a25636def49a338ab69e33b34a3382057b"
+dependencies = [
+ "const_format_proc_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "const_format_proc_macros"
+version = "0.2.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "552782506c398da94466b364973b563887e0ca078bf33a76d4163736165e3594"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-xid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "directories"
 version = "3.0.2"
@@ -193,6 +213,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "igloo_base",
  "igloo_cli",
  "igloo_manifest",
+ "sscanf",
  "zmq",
 ]
 
@@ -202,6 +223,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "config",
  "igloo_base",
+ "sscanf",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -463,6 +485,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde 0.8.23",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sscanf"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a812bcc6cd3cb6f4832fd68dfd2ce835901ddd592d181b5e5a63f8e1d66257ec"
+dependencies = [
+ "const_format",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "regex",
+ "sscanf_macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sscanf_macro"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b7462034123ad94cc80b60b48d262e622e3689ab25e53ab7a1b8e05c89b98c65"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex-syntax",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "static_assertions"
 version = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/igloo_core/Cargo.toml b/igloo_core/Cargo.toml
index 6b0aae0..2c32a07 100644
--- a/igloo_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/igloo_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ config = "0.10"
 igloo_base = { path = "../igloo_base" }
 igloo_cli = { path = "../igloo_cli" }
 igloo_manifest = { path = "../igloo_manifest" }
+sscanf = "0.1.2"
 zmq = "0.9"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/igloo_manifest/Cargo.toml b/igloo_manifest/Cargo.toml
index 5a07205..203f45e 100644
--- a/igloo_manifest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/igloo_manifest/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 igloo_base = { path = "../igloo_base" }
 config = "0.10"
+sscanf = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/igloo_manifest/src/.#lib.rs b/igloo_manifest/src/.#lib.rs
deleted file mode 120000
index 06ed8ad..0000000
--- a/igloo_manifest/src/.#lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-penguin@penguin-arch-home.8452:1632509282
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/igloo_manifest/src/lib.rs b/igloo_manifest/src/lib.rs
index 7d0069c..f90ca58 100644
--- a/igloo_manifest/src/lib.rs
+++ b/igloo_manifest/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 /// For now, all functionality is going to sit in this lib.rs until I figure out
 /// how I want to structure manifests
 extern crate config;
-
+extern crate sscanf;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     #[test]
@@ -31,20 +31,28 @@ pub mod IglooManifest
 		}
 
 		let mut target_make_name: String = String::default();
+		// Confirm the target.make table exists in the master target manifest
 		match master_tm.get_table("target.make")
 		{
 			Ok(v) =>
 			{
+				// Confirm the target exists in the target.make table
+				// What this actually means is make sure we can use the target name
+				// to acquire the target's name in the master make manifest
 				match v.get(name)
 				{
 					Some(v) =>
 					{
+						// Now we've confirmed the target has an entry in the target.make table
 						println!("target.make entry for \"{}\" exists!", v);
+						// store the target's full name for use in the master make manifest later
 						target_make_name = v.to_string();
-						println!("v.to_string() = {}", target_make_name);
 					}
 					None =>
 					{
+						// if we've gotten to this point and failed, it simply means the target doesn't have
+						// a full name set in the target.make table. We need this for accessing it's makefile parameters
+						// later, so we'll need to go add that now.
 						println!("target.make entry for \"{}\" does not exist", name);
 						ret = false;
 					}
@@ -87,6 +95,52 @@ pub mod IglooManifest
 			}
 		}
 
+		// Now confirm the target has an entry in the master make manifest
+		// strip the name for usable pieces of information
+		let (dummy, arch, family, mcu_name) = sscanf::scanf!(
+			target_make_name, "{}.{}.{}.{}", String, String, String, String).unwrap();
+		// verify an entry exists for the arch
+		match master_mm.get_table(&format!("{}.{}", dummy, arch))
+		{
+			Ok(_v) =>
+			{
+				println!("Make parameters found for arch");
+			}
+			Err(e) =>
+			{
+				println!("Make parameters not found: {}", e);
+				ret = false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// verify an entry exists for the mcu family
+		// later this will be family, then series, then mcu
+		match master_mm.get_table(&format!("{}.{}.{}", dummy, arch, family))
+		{
+			Ok(_v) =>
+			{
+				println!("Make parameters found for mcu family");
+			}
+			Err(e) =>
+			{
+				println!("Make parameters not found: {}", e);
+				ret = false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// finally, ver
+		match master_mm.get_table(&format!("{}.{}.{}.{}", dummy, arch, family, mcu_name))
+		{
+			Ok(_v) =>
+			{
+				println!("Make parameters found for mcu family");
+			}
+			Err(e) =>
+			{
+				println!("Make parameters not found: {}", e);
+				ret = false;
+			}
+		}
 
 		Ok(ret)
 	}